Tethys: an archipelagic ocean model

摘要：

　　Tethys (sensu lato) can be categorized into Paleotethys, Mesotethys and Neotethys successively.In contrast to such typical wide and clean oceans as the Atlantic, in all its evolutionary stages Tethys, especially eastern Tethys, has always been an archipelagic ocean containing many continental blocks (delineated partly by rifts) and microplates (delineated by sutures).The blocks and microplates were all formed during the general process of Gondwana dispersal and Asia accretion, through rift extension, northward migration and final integration of belts of blocks with Eurasia such as the Tethysides and Cimmerides.This paper will focus on the archipelagic eastern Eurasian Tethys consisting of the Qinling-Qilian-Kunlun, South China and Xizang-Yunnan regions.

作者: Hongfu Yin

作者单位: China University of Geosciences, Wuhan

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: International Workshop on Tethyan Orogenesis and Metallogeny in Asia and Cooperation among Institutions of Higher Education(2014年亚洲特提斯造山与成矿国际学术研讨会暨高等教育合作会议)

会议地点: 武汉

会议语种:英文

页码: 119-121

在线出版日期: 2014-10-11（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）